Official UK procurement notice
Treatment & Disposal of Residual Waste, Bulky Waste, Commercial & Demolition Waste & Street Cleansing Waste
Authority: Scottish Borders Council (Local council)
Scottish Borders Council (the Council) is seeking Bidder responses to this Invitation to Tender (ITT) for the treatment of its Residual Waste. The treatment of Contract Waste, split into the following waste streams: There is no guaranteed minimum tonnage under this Contract, instead exclusivity of Contract Waste is provided.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionScottish Borders Council (the Council) is seeking Bidder responses to this Invitation to Tender (ITT) for the treatment of its Residual Waste
The treatment of Contract Waste, split into the following waste streams:
Municipal Residual Waste – approximately 26,000 tonnes per annum
Bulky Residual Waste – approximately 7,400 tonnes per annum
Commercial & Demolition Waste – approximately 1,700 tonnes per annum
Street Cleansing Waste – approximately 2,800 tonnes per annum
Waste Upholstered Domestic Seating (WUDS) containing Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) – approximately 550 tonnes per annum
Haulage of Contract Waste from Collection Sites.
- Recurrence: Tender would be renewed if all optional extensions to contract used the next tender would be required by 2037.
CPV: Non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services · Refuse and waste related services · Refuse disposal and treatment · Refuse recycling services · Refuse transport services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Scottish Borders Council (the Council) is seeking Bidder responses for the treatment…Renewal
Scottish Borders Council (the Council) is seeking Bidder responses for the treatment of its residual waste.The main objective of the Contract is to minimise annual spend on Contract Waste treatment, haulage and disposal, whilst providing a reliable but flexible means of managing Contract Waste that minimises its environmental impact.
There is no guaranteed minimum tonnage under this Contract, instead exclusivity of Contract Waste is provided.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 60
- Price: 40
- Suitability
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
- Economic & financial standing
The Council will assess bidders Economic and Financial Standing through a review of audited accounts, a credit check and a financial ratio assessment.
Two years of Audited Accounts
Credit Check rating 50+ must be met using CreditSafe
Ratio Assessment
Ratio Assessment Methodology
Each ratio will be scored against pre-defined thresholds and combined to provide an overall Economic and Financial Standing.
The most recent financial year will carry a weighting of 67%.
The preceding financial year will carry a weighting of 33%.
A minimum overall score of 50% based on the weighted assessment of the two financial years is required to meet the pass threshold.
The following financial tests will be applied:
Acid Test ratio - (current assets-stock)/current liabilities
Cash Interest Cover Ratio - EBITDA/Interest Payable
Operating Profit Ratio - Operating Profit/Turnover
Net Worth - Total Assets-Total Liabilities
Net Debt to EBITDA Ratio - Net Debt/EBITDA
Annual Contract Value to Turnover Ratio - Annual Contract Value/Turnover
Files Accounts Test
Audit Report Review
Please refer to the Tender Instructions document for details of the scoring of the ratio assessment.
Where these assessments identify areas requiring further clarification or assurance, the Council reserves the right to request additional financial information before reaching a final determination on the bidder's suitability.
Minimum: 4B.5.1 Statement For each waste stream it is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and level of insurance indicated below: Employer's (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = G… - Technical & professional ability
SPD Question 4C1.2 Relevant Examples: Please provide details of up to two contracts for supplies and/or services of a similar nature, scale and complexity to the requirements of this contract that have been successfully delivered within the last three years. Examples may be from either public or private sector clients.
Minimum: SPD Question 4D.1 Quality Assurance Schemes: It is a requirement of this tender that the bidder holds the following: ISO 9001:2008 and then BS EN ISO 9001:2015 when the standard becomes auditable. Or The bidder must have the following: A documented policy regarding quality manage…
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £50,000,000 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Scottish Borders Council buys Refuse and waste related services (CPV 9050), and who usually turns up
Scottish Borders Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Refuse and waste related services (CPV 9050) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in Scotland.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 48 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0% / 20%
2–338% / 36%
4–625% / 40%
7+38% / 4%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate20% / 44%
Within ±2%40% / 32%
Above estimate40% / 24%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1Scottish Borders Council (the Council) is seeking Bidder responses for the treatment…CPV 9050Published estimate£25m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid23%
2–346%
4–621%
7+10%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 9 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£23m–£25m
Estimate£25m
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Cireco (Scotland) LLPEarlier contract | Award - Treatment and Disposal of Residual Bulky Commercial and Street Cleansing Wastenotice published Jul 2025 | — | £9.4m | Matched as the earlier contract |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £1.2bn96 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 29 live · £397m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=33 | |
H W Martin Waste LtdLarge | £80m14 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 7 live · £75m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=7 |
Enva Scotland LtdLarge | £578k3 awards in 36m · last 8 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
| £37m1 award in 36m · last 34 months ago | 1 live · £58m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 3% below n=1 | |
| £13m2 awards in 36m · last 34 months ago | None on file | at estimate n=2 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly. Contracts Finder contracts appear on the Retender Radar, not yet in these figures.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
78% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
78% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (78% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Award - Treatment and Disposal of Residual Bulky Commercial and Street Cleansing Waste — held by Cireco (Scotland) LLP; no contract end date published.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
Yes · Tender would be renewed if all optional extensions to contract used the next tender would be required by 2037.
- First published
- 3 Nov 2026, 11:01 GMT
- Last source update
- 3 Nov 2026, 11:01 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 21 Dec 2026 – …
- Authority reference
1001577- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-104096- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-079655Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
The contracting authorities will incorporate a minimum 10 day standstill period at the point of information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. The Public Contract (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (SSI,2015 No446) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or at risk of harm by a breach of the rule to take action in the Sherriff Court or Court of Session. A claim for an ineffectiveness order must be made within 30 days of the award being published on the Find a Tender service (FTS) or within 30 days of the date to those who expressed an interest in or otherwise bid for the contract were informed of the conclusion of the contract or in any other case within six months from the date on which the contract was entered into.
Publisher note: Tenderers should note that when when it is judged by the Council (at their sole discretion) to be appropriate the Council will collaborate with the relevant bodies (including Police Scotland) to actively share significant elements of information provided and detailed in this response. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=828153. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: As stated in the Corporate Procurement Strategy, Scottish Borders Council aims to maximise the impact of its procurement activities by providing additional social, economic, and environmental benefits beyond the core purpose of its contracts. Scottish Borders Council is therefore committed to securing Community Benefits from third party contracts exceeding GBP 25,000 in value. The successful bidder for this contract will be required to work with the council to deliver community benefits through the Council’s points-based system which sets the level of community benefits expected from suppliers at different spend thresholds. (SC Ref:828153) Download the ESPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=828153
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Public Contracts Scotland- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 21 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
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- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 150 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 21 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
3 Nov 2026 → 21 Dec 2026 · 3 dates- Notice published15h ago3 Nov 2026, 11:01 GMT
- Today4 Nov 2026
- Submission deadlinein 47 days21 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Bids openedin 47 days21 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Jedburgh Sherriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice; the tender pack is on the portal.